Cliffie with his youngest son, Jonathan, at a 1989 BMI Awards dinner in Nashville, TN. Ever the jokester, Cliffie is purposely holding the BMI Awards upside down, which had been given to numerous songs from Windswept Pacific’s catalog, whom Jonathan worked for. Cliffie proudly wrote in his talent show book: “Jonathan is an exceptionally talented music executive and for the past nine years, he’s been the General Manager of a highly successful publishing company, Windswept Pacific.” Excerpts from the Dedication section of Cliffie’s “Everything… About Songwriting” book: “My three sons (my buddies) – Steve, Curtis and Jonathan – who followed in my musical footsteps to find ‘their place in the sun’ and now I’m learning from them.” (See “Later Years” gallery, Row 8, photograph #3 to read about Jonathan’s musical career.)